Improvement in faucets



A'JOSEPH HEINE AND JOHN-VONFIOHT, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

Leners Patent No. 102,120, 'dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUcE'rs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part or the' same To all whomv it may concern.

Be it known thatwe, JOSEPH HEINE and JOHN I VONFICHT, of Toledo, in the county of Lucasand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvcment in Faucets; .and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and `exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying `drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our invention.

Fignre-2is a bottom plan of the same.

-Figure' 3 is a bottom plan of same with plug or cock open;

Th'e object of our invention isV to prevent drip from the stop-cock, and to prevent access of insects wh'eu the cock is employed with saccharine fluids.

That others may understand our invention, its construction and, operation, we will particularly describe it.

Ais an ordinary stop-cock, to be inserted into a vessel at a.-

With such a cock there will always be more or less` drip when the flow of liquid is shut o, and, when it is employed with sacchariue liquids, great number of flies and other insects are attracted there, and some of them, having entered the orifice of the cock b, are

' almost always cntrapped by the fresh -owwhen the cock is turned, and are carried down with the liquid into the vessel beneath.

Both the drip and the capture ofjnsects in this way are justly considered objectionable.

To obviate these objections we placea. small gate, D, adjusted to close tightly the orifice or outlet at the lower end of the cock b, and arranged to be auto` In order to permit the' free end of B to possess a capability to move in a vertical or horizontal direction, as may be required, .we twist said strip through one turn, as shown, and it may then move in any desired direction, and he returned by its own elasticity 'to its proper position.

At one side a flange, d, is formed, to' limit the movement of the gate in one direction and to form a bearing for the cam e, attached to the end of the cock b, by means of which said gate is removed from its position over the outlet ot' the cock.

Theactiou oi' the partsis clearly shown in figs. 2 and 3.

VVhenthe cock b is turned to permit a owof the fluid'- through it, the cam e, paitaking of the same motion, pushes the gate toward one side and uncovers the outlet ofthe cock.

When the cock is again turned to cut off the flow, the elasticity-of the strip B causes the gate to cover the orifice of the cock and stop the ch-ip, and exclude insects.'

It is evident that the details of construction and arrangement may be greatly varied without departing the gate D, constructed with the twisted strip B,

flange d operated by the cam e, substantially as described.

J. HEINE. JOHN VON FIGHT.'

Witnesses:

C. E. KLIvEN, J. LIPPERT. 

